Stories from Tuesday, September 21, 2010

A public informational meeting that will detail land use planning or zoning plans in the county will be conducted today (Tuesday) in the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service's community room at the fairgrounds. The meeting, hosted by Farm Bureau, Inc. starts at 7 p.m. with the doors open at 6:30 p.m...

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced a 30-day extension to the public comment period for the Tier 2 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Section 4 of the I-69 Evansville to Indianapolis project. Section 4 begins at U.S. 231 near NSA Crane and generally runs northeast to SR 37 just south of Bloomington...

A 40-year-old Bloomfield man who was stopped for speeding then found to be driving a stolen vehicle was in court Monday for an initial hearing. Edward A. Lawson II has been charged in Greene Superior Court with receiving stolen auto parts, a class D felony...

The Greene County Redevelopment Commission will ask the Greene County Council and the Greene County Commissioners to approve either a bond or bond anticipation notes (BANs) not to exceed $5 million. The money will be used to cover expenses related to the construction of wastewater treatment plant and collection system as well as other upcoming projects...

Libby J. Hudson, 63, of Solsberry passed away Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010 at her residence. She was born April 3, 1947 in Greene County and was the daughter of Billy D. and Beverly (Pullen) Ockerman. Libby taught high school English for 26 years, she was retired. ...

Layton Wall (front, right), White River Valley School Corporation Superintendent visited WRV-Worthington on Tuesday and read a book he wrote on bullying. He also brought along the book's illustrator, Kevin Griffin (front, left). All the second-grade students (pictured) at the school received a copy of the book courtesy of the White River Valley School Board...

This year marks the 35th annual Owensburg Founder's Day Festival -- which is a traditional celebration complete with music, food and fun. The festival kicks off Friday with the Owensburg-Jackson Township Fire Department's annual rib-eye sandwich dinner. The dinner serves as a fundraiser for the Owensburg firefighters and will be from 5-8 p.m. at the Owensburg Library...

Union High School will celebrate its annual football homecoming Saturday when the Bulldogs host North Knox. Game time is 2 p.m. The candidates are (from left) Corey Murray, senior; Ashley Bogard, senior; Shelby Smith, junior; Kylie Montgomery, junior; Cheyenne Lloyd, sophomore; Shelby Wonders, sophomore; Olivia Pinkston, freshman, and Hallie Smith, freshman. ...

Indiana High School Football Top 10 By The Associated Press The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school football teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of Sept. 18, rating points and previous rankings: Class 5A Others receiving votes: Lawrence Central 30, Columbus North 20, Fishers 20, Crown Point 10, Indpls Pike 10, Zionsville 8, Avon 4, Columbus East 4, Floyd Central 2, Chesterton 2, Homestead 2...

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The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one protective order violation, one incident of disorderly conduct, two accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one suicide or attempted suicide, one animal complaint, one suspicious vehicle and/or person, one complaint of harassment, one domestic dispute-neighbor and five traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Capital One Bank v. Christopher C. Harrell, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Edward A. Lawson II, receiving stolen auto parts State v. Chelsea N. McGowan, possession of alcohol by a minor, public intoxication...

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FARMERSBURG --The WRV tennis team suffered a 4-1 defeat at North Central here Tuesday in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference boys tennis match. After a long grueling match on Monday against Owen Valley, my one and two singles just did not have the energy they needed to pull out wins against the T-Birds...

Even though the Northeast Dubois boys tennis team is composed of one senior and six freshmen they soundly defeated Bloomfield 4-1 on the Jeeps courts Tuesday afternoon. Northeast Dubois swept the singles competition giving up only eight games. Brandon Thornsbury fell to senior Kyle Haas 6-2, 6-2 while Curtis Hasler was defeated by Kyle's younger brother Tyler Haas 6-3, 6-0...

Eastern Greene placed fifth out of 15 boys cross country teams at the Barr-Reeve Invitational in Montgomery Tuesday night. Northeast Dubois won with 78 points. Barr-Reeve had 84 points, Jasper 99, South Knox 104 and Eastern Greene scored 148. Brody Martin was timed at 17 minutes and 25 seconds, good for eighth place, to top the Thunderbirds...

The Linton-Stockton Middle School "A" volleyball team improved its record to 6-0 by defeating Shakamak 25-15, 25-22 on Monday. Libbi Fougerousse had seven aces, four assists, and one dig for the winners. Macy Fidler finished with four aces, six kills, and two digs...

In a battle of Class 2A Sectional opponents, Linton-Stockton defeated host North Knox 25-20, 25-18, 25-16 in a high school volleyball match Tuesday night. The victory was the 12th in 17 matches for the Lady Miners. Savannah Mason was 6 of 7 serving with one ace and 24 digs...

Terre Haute North defeated host Shakamak 25-15, 25-10, 25-18 in a high school volleyball match Tuesday night at Jasonville. Kelsey Fulford was 7-for-7 serving with five points and 1 ace. Taylor Myers dished out 13 assists and Mikayla Crane had seven kills and five digs for the Lady Lakers...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- It may still be premature, but the Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds have issued notice to the rest of the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball teams that the defending champions are still the toughest kid on the block -- just ask the Bloomfield Lady Cardinals...

SWITZ CITY -- It was billed as a public informational session dealing with land use planning or zoning, but Tuesday night's meeting turned into a rally session heralding a 'no-zoning' message to Greene County officials complete with "Amen" chants. About 100 residents turned out for the approximate two-hour meeting at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service building at the fairgrounds...

The Greene County Redevelopment Commission tabled action Monday night on a proposal to enter into a professional services agreement with the Greene County Economic Development Corporation. The one-year agreement with the not-for-profit organization would provide $50,000 to the GCEDC in a lump sum amount, starting in quarterly payments Jan. 1, 2011...